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The Omega Chrono-Quartz was the world’s first digital/ analogue chronograph. It was invented by Omega SA. The watch launched at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games and was Omega's flagship chronograph at that time. The watch is noteworthy as it was the first chronograph wristwatch in the world to combine analogue display for the time functions and a digital display for the chronograph function, each working independently of one another but running on the same quartz resonator. (32 kHz) 〔Richon, Marco (2007). A Journey Through Time. Omega Ltd. P.375. ISBN 9782970056225〕〔Lucien F. Trueb, Günther Ramm & Peter Wenzig (2013) Electrifying the Wristwatch P.174-175 ISBN ISBN 9780764343049〕 Famous owners include NASA astronaut Charles Duke, famous cyclist and tour de France competitor Bert Oosterbosch and in recent years British motoring journalist James May. ==Early development== The 1970s was a period of rapid development in quartz watch technology, between 1970 and 1980 the quartz era had taken hold of the entire watch making industry and never was there a time in watch making history that technology developed so quickly. Omega were at the forefront of quartz wristwatch development in Switzerland, they had already introduced the Omega Electroquartz as the first Swiss production watch and the Omega Marine Chronometer as the first wristwatch to gain certification as a Marine Chronometer (and was accurate to 1 second per month). As liquid crystal display technology began to be integrated into quartz wristwatches Omega saw an opportunity to again develop another world first by integrating an LCD display into an analogue watch. The calibre 1611 ‘Albatross’ (designated so because of the shape of the battery clamping system resembling an albatross's wings) was designed by Raymond Froidevaux. The movement had one large circuit on the rear of the watch which controlled both the analogue movement (based on calibre 1320) 〔Lucien F. Trueb, Günther Ramm & Peter Wenzig (2013) Electrifying the Wristwatch P.174 ISBN ISBN 9780764343049〕 and digital LCD elements. The Chrono Quartz was originally ran on two mercury 323 running time of 26 months, this was replaced by the silver oxide battery 393 running time 15 months. The watch was not designed for intricate repair but more as a modular system, which would be replaced dependent on the components required. Working versions of the watch were available in 1975 but Omega did not release the watch until 1976.〔Richon, Marco (2007). A Journey Through Time. Omega Ltd. P.375. ISBN 9782970056225〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Omega Chrono-Quartz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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